This actually is anti-ai reading the article?
Its literally a joke about mailing piss to your “favorite” data center.
They’re trying to raise awareness about the water consumption of ai and said “please dont actually send us your pee.”
Oh yeah I’m sure there’s some % of people that are gluttons that would be fat wherever they are assuming they could afford to be, but thats not unique to Americans was my main point.
I dunno I’ve visited a lot of places and seen a lot of people and it’s not like Americans are unique in how much food we eat?
I’d point to the fact that sugary/bad for you stuff tends to be cheap first and foremost. It’s really easy to fill up on empty calories if you’re stuffing your face with candy and fast food.
Secondarily I would point how hard it is to avoid ultra-processed garbage. It’s really everywhere and everything here, even things that are “healthy” are pretty terrible usually. Unless you’re eating/making everything fresh it’s not easy to avoid some of this garbage and it’s basically all empty calories.
I also think, far more important than gluttony, there’s very little actual food education in the US. Unless you’re kinda into fitness and watching what you eat, you don’t really know what macros and stuff do and why things are important.
There’s also food deserts, the fact that American cities are meant to be driven and basically cannot be walked/biked, and just generally sedentary lifestyles across all of America.
Genuinely I don’t think that the fat countries around the world are “extra gluttons” compared to the rest of the world. It’s anecdotal of course, but I often hear of Europeans visiting and gaining weight. I doubt they’re suddenly becoming gluttons the moment they land in America. I think that’s like maybe the 10th most important reason at best. We’re all humans and while culture is different and could lead to different eating habits, I don’t think that matters that much. I think Canada for example, is quite culturally similar to the US but they have an obesity rate of only 27.1% compared to America’s 41.8%
I think one place where portion size might actually be a factor in retrospect is with soda. Our larges are huge and people will down those things like crazy.
ehh its a lot more complicated than it seems.
I think for me I would point to the fact that cheap sugary shit tends to be well, cheap.
For example I had a pack of gummy lifesavers (hard as a rock, rip me) and it was the cheapest thing in my lunch today despite being like, 8 servings of candy? it was cheaper than the water I got??? What the heck is up with that???
Honestly portion size isnt what I would point to, I feel like its custom here to take home leftovers and stuff, even when you visit someone’s house for dinner and they make way too much. I’m sure there’s some psychological stuff here with portion size, just in my experience I’ve never felt the need to eat everything and Ive been reasonably healthy all my life.
And yeah shout out to (in no particular order) Mexico, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, China, South Korea, Ethiopia, Eritrea, India, Vietnam, Thailand, The Dutch, Singapore, Poland, and anyone I forgot y’all are real ones I love your food.
well yes but also not really.
Nuclear reactors are incredibly expensive, take forever to build, test, and ensure they are safe, often require additional not-so-green/renewable secondary materials/processes that are conveniently ignored (mines, for example) and waste disposal is a semi-serious non-solved issue.
All of these factors combined are significantly more important than the land the power is generated on, as 99% of the world has space somewhere.
The reality of nuclear power is that it doesn’t make sense in 95% of scenarios anymore because battery + solar / wind is effectively free in comparison, can be built and scaled extremely fast, and is many times more renewable because basically everything is recyclable.
The technology thats basically still being tested by every major country across the world vs one that can and does exist with scalability and can be implemented today?
Yeah I can probably find a future battery that can do that too, let’s look at the reactors that are everywhere today that take up miles and miles of space first.
I love food, I so agree. Honestly if I were rich I would be traveling the world trying as much food from as many places as I could.
In spite of recent events, I’m actually quite glad I grew up American with parents who have friends from all over the world.
I’m 30 now, but the appreciation of foods and cultures was instilled into me from very young, I genuinely believe that sitting down and sharing meals with people might be the ultimate peak of the human experience.
So yeah I get a little salty when people start trashing American food, because American food is hundreds of cultures coming together and making something different but similar and what could be better than that?
Also its like, the only good part of this country anymore .-.
None of the ingredients in this list are actually scary if you know anything about cheese.
Like, oh no its cheese its got added whey and added milk the horror!
Also what kind of article says “the ingredients aren’t clear.”
Its on the packaging??? The only non clear thing in here is sodium phosphate and calcium phosphate, and those are the emulsifiers they add to make it super melty! (not sodium citrate, though that is one!).
American food is usually hybrid food based on other cultures, either with american ingredients (potatos, tomatos, peppers) or multiple cultures blending together.
Some that I would think should be considered good american food:
smoked/BBQ, Cajun food, generally Southern Cooking, American Chinese food, Tex Mex, Lobster and sorta all those northeastern cuisines, hamburgers and hotdogs.
I don’t know why people think America does food bad, we’re not one of the fattest countries because our food sucks.
Its not that much worse for you than regular cheese it is basically cheddar with added chemicals (sodium citrate iirc) to help it melt.
Its perfect for grilled cheese!
Wow that’s a lot of space! how much does a nuclear reactor take up?
Yeah unfortunately nuclear doesn’t make any sense anymore today. It’s way too expensive and its not nearly as renewable as you’d think. 20-50 years ago? It should have been something huge.
At this point solar is so cheap and easy almost everything else looks silly in comparison.
What the hell??? Next things next you’re gonna get yelled for doing backflips off the equipment. Gymscrimination is real as fuck and nobody here seems to be taking it seriously. PETITION SIGNED.